IP Library Granted Patent US 7,405,612
Granted Patent B2
US 7,405,612 · App. 11/498,704 · Granted Jul 29, 2008

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 7,405,612
App. No.
11/498,704
Granted
Jul 29, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Provided is an electronic device in which: alternating current power from an RF coil which receives an electromagnetic wave and converts the electromagnetic wave into power is rectified by a diode and a first capacitor; the power is stepped up by a charge pump type step-up circuit; the power stepped up by the step-up circuit is stored in a second capacitor by a charging and discharging circuit; and the stored power is supplied from the charging and discharging circuit to an RF transmission circuit.

Claims (7)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

an RF coil for receiving an electromagnetic wave and converting the electromagnetic wave into electric power, the electromagnetic wave sufficient to generate a weak electric power that is less than a predetermined electric power;

a step-up circuit coupled to the RF coil through a rectifying circuit including a diode and a first capacitor, activated in response to the electric power supplied from the RF coil and comprising a charge pump circuit wherein the predetermined electric power is obtained by feedback of the weak electric power converted by the rectifying circuit;

a charging and discharging circuit connected to the step-up circuit, having a second capacitor for storing electric power stepped up by the step-up circuit, and controlling charge and discharge of the second capacitor; and

an RF transmission circuit connected to the charging and discharging circuit.

2. An electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the step-up circuit comprises an oscillation circuit, a step-up capacitor and a fully-depleted type N-channel MOSFET disposed on an SOI wafer, the oscillation circuit, the step-up capacitor and the fully-depleted type N-channel MOSFET being disposed in a chip.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 037783 FRAME: 0166. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 23, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037903/0928 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION .
Reel/Frame 037783/0166 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2006
From: MINAMI, YUKIMASA; YOSHIDA, YOSHIFUMI; UTSUNOMIYA, FUMIYASU
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 018716/0331 →